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1 hr ago | Bloomberg

AEP Cuts Amount of Coal-Fired Power Generation It Will Shut

Reversing the Environmental Protection Agency's rules to combat emissions that cross state lines would be a blow to Public Service Enterprise Group Inc., which spent $1.3 billion since 2007 to clean up two coal-fired New Jersey power plants to meet national air-quality standards set into law two decades ago.

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Related Topix: Public Service Enterprise Group, American Electric Power, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

5 hrs ago | MLive.com

CMS Energy is upfront about renewable energy plans, spokesman says

CMS Energy has been upfront and transparent about its plans to be more environmentally responsible, spokesman Jeff Holyfield said Friday.

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Related Topix: CMS Energy, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Environment, Science

9 hrs ago | WFMJ-TV Youngstown

Casey calls for hearing on loss of Pa. refineries

Sen. Bob Casey is calling for a legislative hearing to see how energy prices would be affected by the possible closure of 3 Philadelphia-area oil refineries.

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Related Topix: Oil & Gas, Sunoco, Sunoco Logistics Partners LP

13 hrs ago | Morning Journal

Recorder in talks to extend hour...

Columbiana County Recorder Craig Brown has begun his own discussions with Chesapeake Energy about extending office hours to help the company process the record number of oil and gas leases needing recorded.

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Related Topix: Columbiana County, OH, Chesapeake Energy, Oil & Gas

18 hrs ago | NBC Philadelphia

City Controller Shot at Chester Gas Station

Chester's City Controller, Edith Blackwell, was shot, along with another victim, while pumping gas at a Sunoco station in her city on Friday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Oil & Gas, Sunoco, Sunoco Logistics Partners LP, Bucks County, PA

Fri Feb 10, 2012

Cleveland.com

FirstEnergy plant closings may mean higher Ohio electric rates, PUCO says

Utility regulators say the closings of six coal-burning power plants could end up bringing higher electricity rates to much of northern Ohio.

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Related Topix: FirstEnergy, Ohio

Canadian Business Magazine

Feds slap CA utility for San Onofre ammonia leak

An ammonia leak that caused an emergency alert at the San Onofre nuclear plant in November was caused by employees who failed to recognize degraded equipment and fix it, federal regulators said Friday.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, California, Southern California Edison

KFMB-TV San Diego

Feds slap CA utility for San Onofre ammonia leak

An ammonia leak that caused an emergency alert at the San Onofre nuclear plant in November was caused by employees who failed to recognize degraded equipment and fix it, federal regulators said Friday.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, Southern California Edison

Cleveland.com

First Solar shares plunge on project delay

First Solar is warning that a construction delay threatens to undo its sale of a large solar project planned for Los Angeles County to power producer Exelon Corp.

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Related Topix: Los Angeles County, CA, Exelon

Salina Journal

Kansas AARP opposes Westar Energy rate increase

AARP Kansas says it is opposed to a proposed settlement before regulators that would allow the state's largest electric company to increase its rates by $50 million.

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Related Topix: Kansas, Westar Energy

MyCentralJersey

NJ electricity rates going down in June

The state Board of Public Utilities on Thursday approved the results of the state's annual electricity auction.

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Related Topix: New Jersey, Jersey Central Power and Light

WKRN

Gas company plans pipeline through natural area

A natural gas distributor plans to run a pipeline through a state nature preserve and high-priced neighborhoods on Nashville's south side.

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Related Topix: Piedmont Natural Gas, Forest Hills, TN, Oak Hill, TN

Thu Feb 09, 2012

Pasadena Star-News

SoCal Edison to correct ADA violations caused by new Temple City poles

Southern California Edison has agreed to widen Live Oak Avenue sidewalks in areas where new power poles are blocking access to those with disabilities, officials said.

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Related Topix: Southern California Edison, Temple City, CA, Live Oak, CA, Law, Employment / Labor Law

WANE-TV Fort Wayne

Ga. to get first nuke plant in 30 years

The nation's first new nuclear power plant in a generation won approval Thursday as federal regulators voted to grant a license for two new reactors at a site in eastern Georgia.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, Southern, South Carolina, Global Warming, Activism

Silicon Alley Insider

Natural Gas Prices Jump After Chesapeake Energy Announces New Capacity Cuts

The price of natural gas jumped Thursday after a major producer said it is aggressively cutting production.

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Related Topix: Chesapeake Energy, Oil & Gas

WHIO

Audit clears State Department in Keystone review

The State Department's internal watchdog has cleared the agency of any impropriety in its review of a permit for a controversial pipeline that that would carry Canadian oil across the continental United States.

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Related Topix: Oil & Gas, TransCanada, Natural Gas

NBC4i.com

Energy Firm Has New Wastewater Plan For Ohio Wells

An energy company has announced a new system for treating wastewater from gas wells in eastern Ohio, where a natural gas boom is underway.

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Related Topix: Ohio, Chesapeake Energy, Oil & Gas

KSAT-TV San Antonio

Georgia will build new nuclear reactors

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is expected to approve licenses to build two new nuclear reactors Thursday, the first approvals in over 30 years.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, Southern

Connecticut Post

Yankees TV host Bob Lorenz charged with DUI

Emmy Award-winning Yankees TV host Bob Lorenz was arrested on drunk driving charges early Wednesday morning after police say he was found slumped over the wheel of a vehicle stopped at a Westport intersection.

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Related Topix: Westport Resources, Oil & Gas, Westport, CT

Wed Feb 08, 2012

Click2Houston

HPD: Fake utility worker distracts woman during burglary

Detectives need help to identify and find a man who posed as a utility worker and distracted a 75-year-old woman while her home was being burglarized.

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Related Topix: CenterPoint Energy

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